News & Updates
- State Environmental Officials Kick Off Asian Longhorned Beetle Awareness Month
- Patrick Administration Presents Energy Education Training for Massachusetts Teachers
- Despite Rain Delay, Berry Season Bursts into the Bay State
- State Animal Health Officials Urge Animal Owners to be Aware of West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis
- State Siting Board Rejects Brockton Power Plant Developer's Petition to Bypass City Zoning Rules
- Patrick Administration Appoints Two Regional Coordinators for Green Communities Program
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This Land is Your Land
After banner year, conservation efforts continue
Carrying out Governor Patrick’s commitment to preserve open spaces and improve public parks on an unprecedented scale, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and its agencies took action to permanently protect 24,104acres of land – the equivalent of 66 acres per day – in fiscal year 2008.
In August 2007, Governor Patrick made a historic commitment to land preservation, pledging at least $50 million annually – a 65 percent increase over yearly land protection spending during the previous four years, and 24 percent over spending each year from 1993 to 2003, adjusted for inflation. More...
